Freespace Gateway class Freighter
| Freespace Gateway class Freighter | |
|---|---|
 The nose and bridge on a Freespace Gateway class Freighter. | |
| Type: ML Freighter | |
| Category | BCS |
| Size | 2,500 Tons |
| Hull Configuration | Close Structure Hull |
| Streamlining | Partially Streamlined Hull |
| Tech Level | TL–12 |
| Engineering | |
| Computer | Model/3 |
| Jump | J-3 |
| Maneuver | 2 G |
| Armaments | |
| Hardpoints | 25 |
| Accommodations | |
| Staterooms | 0 |
| Personnel | |
| Crew | 23 |
| Officers | 4 |
| Enlisted | 19 |
| High/Mid Passengers | 0 |
| Payload | |
| Cargo | 1,050 Tons |
| Fuel tank | 0 Tons |
| Construction | |
| Origin | Third Imperium |
| Manufacturer | [[Medurma AstroTech]] |
| Year Operational | Unknown |
| End of Service | Still in active service. |
| Price | |
| Cost | MCr1,795.080 (base) MCr1,436.064 (qty) |
| Architect fee | MCrAde Stewart |
| Statistics | |
| Quick Ship Profile | ML-02S23 |
| Images | |
| Blueprint | No |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Source | |
| Also see | Freighter |
| Canon | Published, fan design |
| Era | 1105 |
| Reference | Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag 149. |
| Starships are designed with the Classic Traveller format, using High Guard. | |
The Freespace Gateway class Freighter is a mercantile starship.
- It is a civilian ship and a Freighter.
Description (Specifications)
It is a vessel with 2-G and J-3 performance with a partially streamlined Close Structure Hull. The Freespace Gateway class is a rounded, irregularly shaped vessel with cowlings and fairings to assist atmospheric operations.
- It carries medium armament and a medium quality defensive suite.
- It ordinarily carries one subcraft, no ship's vehicles, and drones only when needed.
- It has a 23 sophont crew and no marines.
Image Repository
- A Freespace Gateway class Freighter under spaceflight.
General Description & Deck Plans
No information yet available.
Basic Ship Characteristics
Following the Imperial Navy and IISS Universal Ship Profile and data, additional information is presented in the format shown here. The small craft factor indicates the number of squadrons (...of ten subcraft) carried on the ship. Tonnage on the universal ship profile is shown in kilotons (...thousands of tons) where necessary. [1]
| Basic Ship Characteristics [2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Category | Remarks |
| 1. | Tonnage / Hull | 2,500 tons. Partially streamlined close structure configuration. |
| 2. | Crew | x23 crew.
Accommodations x28 Staterooms
x30 Low Berths |
| 3. | Performance | Propulsion:
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| 4. | Electronics | Bridge. x1 Model/3 computer. |
| 5. | Hardpoints | x25 hardpoints.
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| 6. | Armament / Weaponry | The normal weapons fit-out for a Freespace Gateway class is:
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| 7. | Defenses | Defensive Equipment:
The vessel is not fitted with screens or other passive defensive systems. |
| 8. | Craft / Drones | Hangar Space: 40 tons
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| 9. | Fuel Treatment | Fueling Equipment:
Fuel Tankage: 825 tons.
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| 10. | Cost | MCr1,795.080 (basic cost, including a Ship's Boat). |
| 11. | Construction Time | 33 months to build. |
| 12. | Remarks | Other Equipment:
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History & Background (Dossier)
Hias'deaaq is a merchant line operating these vesssels. Their services cover some twelve subsectors in both Gushemege and Dagudashaag though they mainly trade on the Medurma Main from Mimu to Argi. Hias'deaaq’s registered homeworld is Zeda and it is the largest and most successful Ziadd-owned concern in the sector.
Much of the company’s trade is in medium to high-value cargoes such as manufactured goods. This is a deliberate marketing strategy as the board of directors is aware that they are currently too small to directly challenge Tukera Lines in the bulk cargo market. [3]
The extensive deregulation of corporate activities by Raegis Viisarikaa, and later by Karyn, has given Hias'deaaq a significant economic boost.
In the last few years the company has been undergoing an extensive scheme of modernization and re-equipping. The small fleet of 2,500 tonne Freespace Gateway-class freighter (designed by Medurma AstroTech and licensed to U’Chakzii Sia.) now form the backbone of the company. [4]
Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities
Vessel Peculiarities: While some have noted that the vessels have a distinctly "Aslan" look to them, the design in fact bears more similarity to the kinds of vessel used during the Vilani Imperium. The first starships that the Ziadd came into direct possession of were former First Imperium merchant ships, gifted to them by the victorious Terrans.
The Ziadd are nothing if not traditional, and over the thousands of years that the Ziadd have been spacefaring the Vilani pattern for ships has become the accepted norm for their vessels. In fact modern design companies routinely draw on traditional hull configurations when designing new vessels for Ziadd.
Class Naming Practice/s: No information yet available.
Selected Variant Types & Classes
Civilian Ship - Merchant Ship - Light Freighter:
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 20-37. (Design Sequence Used)
- Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 149.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Ade Stewart (Created Statistics from Original Entry)
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Timothy B. Brown. Fighting Ships (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), 10.
- ↑ Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 149.
- ↑ Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 149.